Maddie is single but wants a family more than anything. When she discovers the four year old twins hiding in her yard, her heart swells and opens up to them. She befriends the children and their single father, and she is more than happy to accomodate when he needs help. She learns that he is engaged and the twins don't like his fiancée and vice versa. Growing up in a loveless atmosphere of dysfunction, Maddie knows the pain of not being loved, so she lavishes affection on the children. It is only when she learns that Adam has set the date for his wedding does she realize the painful truth that she has fallen in love with the twins' father. She is not the only one with a broken heart. Shayla and Shawn are crushed by the fact that they may not ever see Maddie again. Using their four-year-old logic, they resort to drastic measures; but a Christmas Eve wedding is planned in spite of their efforts.